Fruit-holder.



w. E. BROWN.

FRUIT HOLDER.

APPLICAHON FILED 001.25. 1916.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

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WILLIAM. ESTEE BROWN, F SACRAMENTO, CALIE 'ORNIA.

FRUIT-HOLDER.

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Specification tters Patent. Patented pto 25, T1?.

Applicationfiled October 25, 1916. serial No. 127,580.

To all whom it my camera: I a

Be it known that T, WILLIAM Es'rnn Brown, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Sacramento. in the county of Sacramento andState of California,

of which the following is a exact description.

Among the principal objects which thepresent invention has in view fruitwithout soiling the hands of the operator while extracting juicestherefrom; to

' avoid the extraction of oils and unpalatable The burs 10, as shownparts of the skin of citrus fruit when extracting the juices from saidfruit; to maintain the grip of the holder upon the fruit during theoperation of extracting jlfllcefi ;"'1 t 6"" and to simplify theconstruction 0 holder.

Drawings.

Figure l is a top plan view of the holder constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present inventich;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the holder, the section being taken ason the line 2-2 in Fig. l; p

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views showing modified forms of theconstruction of the inner surface of the holder. 1

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As seen in the drawings, the holder is preferably constructed of glassas conducive of a perfect sanitation. It will be understood, however,that other materials, such the skin of the fruit being handled to theridges 17 of the macerating column 13. The pressure exerted upon theholder causes the invented a new and Improved Fruit-Holder, 1 full,clear, and

are: to hold which is shaped in come out of the bowl 9. I

It is evident that when fruit, such as burs to grip the skin of. thefruit being handled, thereby preventing movement thereof in the bowl 9when the holder is rotated. The burs 10- are preferably arranged asshown best in'Figs. 2 and i of the drawings, to form a series of doublerows. Between the series of burs, smooth section zones Hare formed intowhich the skin of the, fruit sinks, said zones assisting in retainingthe fruit in the bowl after being pressed therein.

The present invention is used in conjunction with squeezers ofconventional shape and structure, and'is particularly designed forhandling citrus fruit. To accommodate the nib of ,the fruit, the holderhas a recess "12 formed therein. The recess is offset from the innersurface of the bowl 9 and prevents the point of the macerating column 13of the squeezer 14 from cutting into said nib and the Lfieshy part ofthe skin of the fruit existing there. Between the ridges 17 of themacerating column of the squeezer 14, are formed valleys 18 for theconcentration and guidance. of the juices when liberated from the fruitbeing treated.

v The bowl 9 has a bar handle 15, the upper surface 16 whereof ispreferably fiat to sustain the pressure of the hand of the operatorthereoma .When using a holder of the character shown and described, thefruit is placed in the bowl 9 and pressed upon the column 13. Thepressure exerted thereon forces the burs 10 into the skin of the fruit,which thereafter prevents the. fruit from turning zinthe bowl 9, or thebowl 9 from turning around .upon the fruit. The pressure being continuedforces intermediate portions of the skin into the zone sections '11,which thereafter prevents the fruit from falling lemons or oranges, arehandledby means .of the holder-herein shown and described,

the citrus oils or fruit acids are prevented from soiling ordisfiguringthe hands of the operator. .Also it is evident that when manipulatingthe fruit by means of the holder, greater pressure may be appliedlarbowl, the inner surface whereof is prothereon, and in consequence theuices may vlded with retaining burs, said burs being be more completelyextracted therefrom. arranged to form'circular rings with inter- 10 07amposed smooth-sections for retaining the fruit 5 v p wlthm the grasp ofsaid bowl; and a handle As an artlcleof manufacture, a holder mountedon. said bowl at the apex thereof. as charactenzed havmg an lnvertedglobu- WILLIAM ESTEE BROWN.

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